Charge Yourself: How To Get That Career Spark Back

Alex King
Apr 8
3 min read

You're not out of passion. You're out of voltage. Let's fix that.

You don’t need more time off. You don’t need another webinar on "finding your purpose." You need a jolt — the kind that makes your brain light up.

That jolt? That’s career electricity. And it’s one of the most underrated, misunderstood, and addictive forces in your professional life.

⚡️ What Is Career Electricity?

It’s the moment something clicks.

It’s:

Solving a problem no one else saw
Shipping something fast and watching it work
Getting unsolicited praise from someone you admire
Being asked your opinion in a room you thought you didn’t belong in
Teaching something, then realizing you’re the expert now

Career electricity is the spark of momentum, not the comfort of mastery. It’s the charge you get when your work generates impact + recognition — even in small doses.

😵💫 Why You Feel Numb Right Now

It’s not because you’re lazy. Or stuck. Or behind. It’s because you haven’t felt the charge in a while.

You’ve been:

Drowning in meetings that don’t matter
Doing tasks instead of solving problems
Working in systems where great work goes unnoticed
Saying “yes” to everything and getting thanked for nothing

This is what burnout actually looks like. Not exhaustion, but complete disconnection from progress and feedback.

🧠 Small Wins = Voltage

Let’s be clear: You don’t need to launch a startup or land a raise to feel the charge.

You need one small win — the kind that reminds you you’re not invisible.

Examples:

You build a dashboard and your team starts using it
You send a bold idea to your boss and they say “Let’s try it”
You finally get that AI tool to automate a task that used to eat an hour a week
You teach something to a junior teammate and they say “You made that so clear”
You speak up in a meeting and later someone Slacks you: “That was 🔥”

That’s the electricity. It’s not about scale. It’s about spark.

🤖 AI + The Energy Advantage

Want a cheat code to feel it faster? Play with new tools.

AI is letting people:

Write faster
Build faster
Solve faster
Pitch faster
Learn faster

You don’t need to be an expert. You just need to be curious.

The person who says “Let me try this” gets the charge. The person who says “I’m not ready yet” stays in the dark.

🔄 Career Electricity Feeds on Itself

Try something small
It works
Your brain lights up
You care again
You try something else
You get sharper
Other people notice
Now you’re on fire

This is the real formula. It’s not passion. It’s not purpose. It’s proof → progress → power.

💡 Not Sure Where to Start? Try One of These:

Automate one annoying task with an AI tool (ChatGPT, Zapier, whatever)
Share one insight publicly (LinkedIn, Slack, anything)
Say “yes” to one problem no one else wants
Ask your manager: “What’s one thing I can take off your plate this week?”
Teach something you’ve mastered to someone newer than you

You’re not trying to change your whole career. You’re just trying to feel the charge again.

🧭 Final Thought

You don’t need to love your job. You need to feel alive in it. And that aliveness comes from energy, not titles. From velocity, not validation. From shipping, not stewing.

You’re not passionless. You’re unplugged. One small win can flip the switch. And once you feel that electricity again, good luck going back to coasting.